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Porn goes A1*

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The L.A. Times went to Montreal to talk with HIV positive porn actress Lara Roxx and put the story (and her photo) on today's front page. The paper agreed not to use her real name. In the story, the actor who goes by Darren James declines to talk, when approached at his Canoga Park apartment. Meanwhile, on Tuesday the Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation said that a fourth porn performer, a transgender actor who goes by the name Jennifer, has tested positive. Two more test results are expected today.

* More: One of the actresses named in the LAT story, Miss Arroyo, has tested positive, Xbiz.com reports Wednesday. That would make five performers known to be infected in the recent spate. Miss Arroyo was one of those who had on-screen sex with Darren James in the period after he was exposed.


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